Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Cawood Sword
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Medieval Castle
- Gold Arm Ring
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Mary Ward
- New Shopping Centres
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Roman Head Pot
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Judges Lodging
- Medieval Prisons
- The Basilica